Pedestal Tomb of Rachel Mellor, James Mellor Junior and Others in Hough Hole Gardens
PEDESTAL TOMB OF RACHEL MELLOR, JAMES MELLOR JUNIOR AND OTHERS IN HOUGH HOLE GARDENS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1312640
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1983
- Statutory Address:
- PEDESTAL TOMB OF RACHEL MELLOR, JAMES MELLOR JUNIOR AND OTHERS IN HOUGH HOLE GARDENS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1312640
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1983
- Statutory Address 1:
- PEDESTAL TOMB OF RACHEL MELLOR, JAMES MELLOR JUNIOR AND OTHERS IN HOUGH HOLE GARDENS
Location
- Statutory Address:
- PEDESTAL TOMB OF RACHEL MELLOR, JAMES MELLOR JUNIOR AND OTHERS IN HOUGH HOLE GARDENS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Rainow
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ9463176348
Details
SJ 97 NW
2/122
RAINOW C.P.
HOUGH HOLE
(North Side)
Pedestal tomb of Rachel Mellor, James Mellor jnr. and others in Hough-hole House gardens
II
GV
Pedestal tomb of Rachel Mellor and others: earliest dated 1835.
Square sandstone block on moulded plinth and with projecting weathered
capstone surmounded by urn with carved acanthus and garlands.
One of 3 large pedestal tombs in a Swedenborgian graveyard associated
with the Chapel (q.v.), including that of the Chapel builder and
carver of all the Monuments around Hough-hole house (q.v.).
Listing NGR: SJ 94631 76348
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 58035
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 6 Cheshire,
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